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AGXX40 KNHC 081712
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
115 PM TUE AUG 08 2006

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

UPPER LEVELS...
STRONG RIDGE NORTH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL DRIFT WEST WITH A 
WEAK RIDGE OVER THE AREA BY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.  UPPER TROUGH 
OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA WILL MOVE WEST AND BE 
OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WEDNESDAY AND THE NORTHWEST GULF 
OF MEXICO THURSDAY AND MOVE INLAND OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND 
NORTHEAST MEXICO LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  OTHERWISE OVER THE 
ATLANTIC A WEAK RIDGE IS BETWEEN 25N AND 30N THROUGH SUNDAY.

SURFACE...
MODERATE TRADES OVER THE ATLANTIC SOUTH 25N AND THE CARIBBEAN 
MAINLY EAST OF 80W WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH FRIDAY THEN 
CHANGE LITTLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

STRONG LOW PRESS WILL MOVE OFF MID ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY NIGHT 
WITH ASSOCIATED SOUTHWEST WINDS EXTENDING SOUTH OVER THE 
ATLANTIC AREA TO NEAR 28N THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WHEN THE 
WINDS MOVE EAST OF BERMUDA.

LOW PRESSURE EAST OF THE AREA NEAR 13N48 THIS AFTERNOON IS BEING 
WATCHED FOR POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT.  THE GFS DOES 
NOT DEVELOP THIS SYSTEM.

.WARNINGS...

ATLC...NONE.

CARIBBEAN...NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...NONE.

FORECASTER LL